Adaptations

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A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____. Options: an adaptation, environment, response, stimulus

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an adaptation

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The four different types of beaks shown in the diagram of Galapagos Islands finches are most likely the result of:
- gene manipulation
- natural selection
- unchanging environmental conditions
- patterns of behavior learned from parents

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natural selection

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Which characteristic is necessary for natural selection to occur in a species? Options: stability, variation, complex cellular organization, a very low mutation rate

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variation

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"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory? Options: natural selection, gravity, heredity, string theory

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natural selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Mutations are a change in what?

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DNA

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Individuals in a population have to compete for resources.

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Competition

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What do we call traits that increase an individual's chance to survive and reproduce?

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Adaptations

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Darwin said that within a species there will be

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variation/differences

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What is the process called when a grizzly bear survives because he is well-adapted to his environment and passes on those traits to his offspring? Options: Natural Selection, Selective Breeding, Random mutations, Variations in a species.

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Natural Selection

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